The Proceedings and transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science Volume 11 - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...Jerome brook, the plateau and its stumps rise precipitously out of the sea or from narrow level terraces; south of this brook it rises almost equally as abruptly from the plain. The average height of the plateau is about 1100 feet. Its surface, especially along the edge, is frequently deeply trenched by huge gorges and ravines cut by innumerable brooks and streams in their descent to the sea. The drainage system of the district corresponds in its principal lines with the general slopes of the surface, which are from south-east to north-west. The main artery is the Cheticamp river, which enters it from the east a few miles north of the middle, runs south-westerly towards the centre for about 2£ miles and thence north-westerly for nine miles through a deep, dangerous and almost impassable canyon to its beautiful salmon pools where the gorge widens. From thence it continues approximately the same course for three miles, when after cutting through Black mountains it debouches on the Cheticamp plain and flows northerly to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The river is, like mountain streams, rapid and shallow, and is nowhere navigable, except for small boats near its mouth, It receives many large brooks from the north and south. One of its most important southern tributaries is the L'Ablme brook, in the drainage basin of which the principal metalliferous deposits of the district are situated. This brook has its origin in some ponds and swamps about five miles in a south-easterly direction from its junction with the Cheticamp river. For 2 miles from its source it flows quietly across the plateau, after which it descends wildly through a deep ravine for the remainder of its course. One of the principal feeders of the L'Abiine is the McLeod, which joins it from the we...

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